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Message: <blockquote data-quote="charlesatan" data-source="post: 3215037" data-attributes="member: 20870">On the class vs point buy system, I think what you're looking for is more of the latter. You might want to check out Mongoose Publishing's True20 system which is just that: all "class" abilities are based on feats and you get to pick a feat every level.In a way, classes with special abilities are there to simplify things. So that you don't end up with too much of a generic character and depending on feats to determine your class rather than your actual levels. Not saying one is better than the other, but too much cherrypicking can be intimidating to newer players (or on one's learning curve). If there were less "character abilities", "class level" would matter less, and you could probably end up with the same character concept despite taking different levels.I think it's about ease of use. It's a game after all. If I want realism, your arguments are valid. And as a GM, you could house rule it to be so. But since ease of play is one of the focus of game designers, not putting restrictions in multiclassing and then ad-hoc placing them latter on as a houserule is a better option than restricting them in the first place then removing them ad-hoc later on.</blockquote>